Fastener for fence wires and boards



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No. 293.009. y Patentedeh, 1884.

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CHARLES E. GRIFFITH, OF STORM LAKE, IOWA.

FASTENER FOFi FENCE WIRES AND BOARDS.

SPE IFICATION- forming part kof Letters Patent N o. 293,009, dated February 5, 1884.

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Be it known that I, CHARLns E. GRIFFITH, of Storm Lake, in the county of Buena Vista and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Wire and Board Fasteners; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and-exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a sectional view of a tree,tal en transversely to the wire, and showing the, connection of the same. Fig. 2 is a side view on a little larger scale. Fig. 3 is aperspective view of the plate D. Fig. 4 is a side view of the fasteningscrew. Figs. 5 and 6 show a modication, in which the same devices are used for putting up board fences,

Fig. 5 being a cross-section through line y y `ci" Fig. 6, and Fig. Gbeing a section through line a: :c of Fig. 5, looking in the direction of the arrows.

In the western country, where wire fences are largely made use of and timber is scarce, it frequently happens that the wires are fastened as a matter of convenience and economy, to growing trees in the place of posts. The new wood of these trees gradually grows over and around the wires, thus preventing any readjustment of the wire, while the swaying of the trees in windy weather snaps the wires and destroys the fence. The trees are also weakened by the wires passing through them, and will break oft' at that place in windy weather.

The object ol' my invention is to provide a form of fastening for connecting the wires to the trees which will permit the wire to be readjusted from time to time and set farther away from the tree for the purpose of protect-ing the trees, and which will-cause then wire to be held loosely, so as not to be affected by the swaying of the trees from the wind, and` which construction of fastening will also be applicable to fastening boards to trees in making a board fence, as will be fully described hereinafter.

In the drawings, A represents a section of a tree-body, to which abarbed-wire cable, B,

is attached by my fastening. rlhis fastening consists of a plate, D, oi metal, bent `in the middle to form a tube, a, through which the wire cable loosely passes. rllhe two ends of this plate rest ilat against each other, and have each a key-hole slot, b, which slots are brought into registration, and through which there passes a screw-bolt, G, of a peculiar constructionthat is to say, the bolt C has a bit'or shoulder d is-entirely through, and the screw is then turned into the tree bya wrench, screw-driver, or other device, the plateD and wire being held a short distance from the tree between the end of the bit d and the head of the screw, which screw is left in a position in which the 'bit is out of registration with the slot of the key-hole, so that the two ends of the plate D cannot separate. It will be seen that as the tree grows larger and the wood fills out toward the wire the screw-bolt may be turned back, so as to set the plate and the wire farther away from the tree, and as the wire is loosely held in the tube a of the plate the swaying of the trees .from the wind causes no detrimental strain upon the wire,

and does not break it, and the tree is also protected. Y

As a modification of my invention., instead of folding the plate D on itself to forni a tube, a, I may dispose it fiat against the end of a board, where it laps past another, and use it as awasher-plate in connection with twoscrewbolts, C G, to fasten the ends of two boardstopost, as

l. The combination of the slotted plate D, the screwbolt C, having head c and bit `or and the sorewbolt C with head c and bit d, shouldei1 d, for holding the Wire at it distance for holding the members of the fence at :ndis from the post or tree, as described.

tance `from the posts or trees7 substantially as CHARLES E. GRIFFITH. 5 shown and described. 'itnesses:

2. The combination, with n. wire cable, of J. A. DEAN,-

the sloited plate D7 kent to form tube a, and A. E. VEBI?. 

